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The United Nation’s Humanitarian Chief, Valerie Amos, has warned the Security Council that the Central African Republic could become a failed state unless decisive action is taken by the international community.
In a briefing to the council, Ms Amos talked of the dramatic deterioration in the...

Humanitarian organizations in Pakistan are on high alert following flash floods that have affected tens of thousands of people across the country. However, preparedness efforts are being hindered by a lack of funding.
The floods, triggered by the first spell of Pakistan’s annual monsoon rains, have...

The roar of Antonov aircraft would often fill the skies above Um Duluk village in Sudan’s border region of South Kordofan, says Affat. For her, the sound was a warning that she needed to gather her eight children and flee to the safety of nearby foothills where they would wait out the bombing that...

Thirteen-year-old Nakhlah Ramadhan was tending sheep with her younger sister Fatima on the outskirts of the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, when she stepped on a landmine. She was killed instantly; Fatima was seriously injured.
In neighbouring Bani Al-Harith District, Safa’a Luqman and her younger...

In March 2012, 20-year-old Muhammad Ismail’s life was turned upside down. Fighting between the army and a militant group forced Ismail and his family to flee their home in Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in north-west Pakistan.
Just after leaving his home, Ismail ran...